SILENT FILM MUSIC ARTICLES

Introduction

A Warming Flame - The Musical Presentation of Silent Films

Drawing heavly on recollections by the participants as well as on contemporary accounts, this introduction provides a context for the film scores and cue sheets of the silent era in America. Not surprisingly, these musical artifacts are only the tip of the iceberg, remnants of a vast music-making machine that took over thirty years to develop, but only two years to wipe out.